Renaissance
Status: Active use
Area: UK-Northern Ireland
Hull
Open Launch.
Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Frolic 21 designed by Rupert Latham at Wroxham
Built 1990 by Steam & Electric Launch Co. at Wroxham
Fit out 1998 by Clive Mowatt at Kent, England
LOA: 21' 0", Beam: 5' 8", Draft: 1' 9", Displacement: 2420 lbs.
Wheel steering.
Boiler
VFT Built 1998 by Historic Steam Ltd. at Kew Bridge Steam Museum
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 150 psi,
Steel barrel. 0 Steel tubes. Welded steel ,expanded tubes construction,
condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, injector, Windermere kettle, whistle,
Shell 24" dia x 24" high, tubes 16" long.
Engine
Compound. + 4" X 3"Built 1998 by Clive Mowatt at Chislet
Design: 6A by: Stuart Turner
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
Power: 4.5 HP
Xhead driven fp and air pump, 4½ IHP, Kcond.
Propeller
Bronze, 3 blades, 16" X 26"
History
New launch, built and fitted out by Clive Mowatt. First steamed 18th April 1998. Project started 1990. Steamed at various SBA events, most recently in England on the River Stour in Kent. Sold to new owner in Northern Ireland in 2022 and now steamed on the River Blackwater and Lough Neagh.
Last Modified: 2023.07.02.
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Upper Lough Erne, Summer 2023
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